Blogs & opinions
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Spectre of rent control in private residential sector
Bill provision for ministers to limit increases in “hot spots”
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LBTT rates under scrutiny at Holyrood
Finance Committee considering effect on property market
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No 2010 Act protection for corporate homeowner
Sheriff rules additional requirements for repossession do not apply
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Letting agents' statutory code of conduct revealed
Draft code on standards of practice out for views
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Planning decisions: beware judicial review changes
Time limit and permission stage rules in force for new challenges
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Gulliver’s travels
Laura Gulliver, careers and outreach manager at the Society, reveals all about autumn in the Education & Training team
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Letter: pay – it isn't up to women
Letter: the profession as a whole must act to eliminate the pay gap
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Letter: appropriate image?
Why that image of Marilyn Monroe to illustrate "Purpose-driven women?"
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You pay peanuts...
Why is the Scottish Government seemingly bent on undermining justice with its proposed Sheriff Appeal Court legal aid rates?
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Happy birthday, Brussels
As the Society's Brussels office marks its 25th anniversary, Sarah Sutton looks at what it does and how it serves the profession
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Further good practice guides from ACAS
Equality and discrimination advice supported by helpline
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Fit for Work Scotland rolled out
Further resources in place to help manage return to work
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Scottish legislation update
Progress on the Scotland Bill; Legal Writings Act in force
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Holidays snippets
Two decisions put down further markers for employee rights
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Tier 2 licences: employers take note
How a business lost its right to employ migrant workers
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Letter: what women faced
Shameful examples of discrimination in the profession existed until not many years ago
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Letter: just pick up the phone
Clients seem to think it's easy, but should be told email is more efficient
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Under starter's orders
The courts are gearing up for the reforms; legal aid provision must not cut corners
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Off the hook
Sarah Sutton quizzes Mark from the Society’s Public Communications team to find out why the Society gets so many phone calls from the public
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Letter: not so easy on the eye
Can land certificates not be made more readable, rather than just a mass of unformatted text?
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Letter: one for the bin?
A question for the Society over online PC renewal
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People's law
Various pieces of legislation in the pipeline will affect a large proportion of solicitors' clients
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What does the future hold?
After attending the latest Law Society admission ceremony, Sarah Sutton considers the future of Scotland’s newest solicitors
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Contact held in child's interests despite father's offending
Ethnic mix held important in retaining parent-child link